The Relationship between Green Tea and Total Caffeine Intake and Risk for Self-Reported Type 2 Diabetes I didn’t see Starbuck’s listed as providing funding for this study so it’s got a little more credibility. I personally feel that coffee got a bad rap in the past, not because it wasn’t good for us, but rather […]
Green tea consumption and cognitive function While everyone seems to know that green tea is good for you, sometimes we’re just not sure how much is needed for an effect. In this study, those drinking greater than 2 glasses per day (very easy to accomplish) had over half the incidence of cognitive decline. And, while […]
Green Tea Consumption and Serum Malondialdehyde-Modified LDL Concentrations in Healthy Subjects Remember that LDL cholesterol does not do damage until it gets damaged (oxidized) to oxLDL. This study found that green tea help to prevent damage to the LDL molecule. But, before you get too excited, the study group drank 7 glasses per day. Quite […]
You subscribe to the dogma that you need 8-10 glasses to get water health benefits. You know white tea benefits also are strong. But how do the two compare? I was speaking to a group of employees at one of the local casinos today on the topic of diabetes and prediabetes. Of course, no topic […]
Society is hooked on bottled water, and although the sentiment is beginning to change, we still think that coffee and tea should be on the “use infrequently” list. Funny how topsy-turvy our health perceptions are. I’ve written in the past about how the “8 glasses a day” of water is built entirely on dogma with […]
